Unscramble SELDOMNESSES and you have 300 words, SELDOMNESSES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEMONESSES, SELDOMNESS and SOLEMNESSES lead with 13 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SELDOMNESSES split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 3 with 10, 5 with 9, 16 with 8, 16 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
SOLEMNESSES is the only one of the 11-letter words in SELDOMNESSES; it scores 13 points.
The 10-letter words made with SELDOMNESSES letters are led by DEMONESSES and SELDOMNESS, 13 points each.
Of the 59 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SELDOMNESSES, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. MODELS, SEEMED and LESSON are the ones most people know.
19 of 60 5-letter words from SELDOMNESSES tie at 8 points; none scores more. MODEL, NEEDS and SEEMS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in SELDOMNESSES, 12 score 7 points, the group's best. SOME, DOES and DONE are the ones most people know.
DOM, MED and MOD are the top 3-letter words made with SELDOMNESSES letters, 6 points each. ONE, SEE and END will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SELDOMNESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with SE · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEMONESSES and SOLEMNESSES (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SELDOMNESSES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELDOMNESSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 225 | 300 | 211 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 75 of them: SELDOMNESSES, SELDOMNESS, ENMOSSED, LODESMEN, SOMEDELE, LEMONED, MESELED, SEEMLESS, ENDOSSES, MEDLES, SEEDNESS, SELDSEEN and 63 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SOLEMNESSES, SOLEMNESS, SELENOSES, MEDS, SEMEE, EELED, EMOS, LEDES, SOMS, EMO, LEDE, MES and 2 more.